Wow! It has been a busy February!

We have been pretty busy around here and so I haven't posted in a while. We had something going on every week in February! Here are some highlights!

We participated in a Science Fair, our first!

Callen did a project called "Who Owns the Road?" in which he hypothesized that "family" cars would be more likely to stop at a stop sign than "sports" cars. His hypothesis was correct! He and Chuck sat together for a few hours watching 100 cars go by.

Cole made a compound machine. He discussed how grativy can be used to make a machine work.

The second weekend, we went to Clifton Forge, Virginia to celebrate my aunt's 30th wedding anniversary. Mom flew down from NY and drove with us to VA. It was a chance for her to visit with her 5 siblings. We had a lot of fun! My mom is in the center of that shot of all the Piazza brothers and sisters. They are in age order. The other is a shot of my sweet, coordinating boys! Yes...I am one of those annoying mom's that tries to match their clothes! See how C1 pulls all the shirts together. I think my mother was ready to kill me when we went shopping for the shirts!

The 3rd weekend in February was J's birthday! He turned 2! He is starting to talk so much and has a wild personality. We just love laughing with him and at him! In the second picture, you can see what he did to himself after everyone left. We instructed the boys to head upstairs and wash up and get ready for bed. He followed all the boys up and proceeded to cover his head with handsoap! It took a while to get it out!

That same weekend we also participated in a "Wax Museum" with our homeschool group. Essentially, what took place was that each of the students selected a famous person from the time in history they were studying. Then they prepared a speech told in the first person and a costume of that person. The day of the museum, all the children were located in different parts of the house in a frozen position, thus the title wax, and when we pressed a button attached to their costume they came to life and told all about who they were and why they were famous during that time period! It was a lot of fun! C1 was William Bradford and C2 was John Smith. They did a wonderful job and we had a great time!

The last weekend in February we visited Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg! We had such a blast! It was wonderful to see the kids get so excited about history and seeing what we had learned about! Here are some of the many pictures we took!

Colonial Williamsburg....

On to Jamestown.....

I am not a great writer, nor a good arranger of photos/blogs and this may not look that great, but it is a reminder to me of how blessed we are! I have a great husband, amazing sons, wonderful family/friends, and awesome opportunities. Most importantly I serve a mighty and gracious God that allows me the privilege of all this experiences while on this earth. Praise be to Him!

Paper Quilling

As we continue our study of Colonial Times, we took up the fine art of Paper Quilling this week!

"Quilling is the art of curling strips of paper into interesting designs. The craft got its name from the way paper strips were curled around bird quills. Colonial artists decorated candle holders and tea trays with pretty quilling." taken from book Colonial Kids, by Laurie Carlson.

The boys did a wonderful job, though this task is neither easy or quick. It takes a lot of patience and time to complete a nice project. Take a look!

C2 hasn't finished his yet, thus no pictures of him! We'll get them posted when he is done. Not sure if you can make it out, but C1 made a ladybug. L is called "Banana" and you can see he added extra elements to his. Wasn't sure he'd be able to do it, but he did great!

Next week we make trunks!

I've been tagged!

I've been asked to share 6 (un)interesting things about me.

Here's the tag:

1 -Link back to the blog that tagged you: The NC Brownings

2 - Make a list of 6 (un)interesting things about yourself.

3- Tag five other blogs, (but I'm skipping this) and let them know by leaving them a comment.

Six (un)interesting things about me:

(1) I am vegan about 90% of the time and have been for over a year. The meat and eggs are no problem. The diary is what gets me. I don't really know how to have pasta without parm cheese. I also cannot totally give up pizza. Also, if I go over someone's home that doesn't know how I eat I will eat a little bit of diary in order to not be rude. I am mainly vegan for health reasons and a little bit for animal reasons.

(2)I don't really like to run, but I do it because I know it is good for me. I LOVE competitive sports, so I always do better when I run a race than when I run alone because I am so competitive. I would love to be able to play softball and basketball when my boys are a bit older. I would also like to join the gym again, but who knows when I'll have time for that.

(3) My love language is acts of service, which is a problem when my husband and oldest son are physical touch. I am not a lovey, dovey, cuddly person. Sometimes it almost makes me feel uncomfortable, like crawling out of my skin uncomfortable. I often feel very guilty about this.

(4) My husband and I were married before our actual wedding. We went to the court house so we could buy our house as a married couple.

(5)Homeschooling is hard for me because I am not the smartest person. I am hoping we can go through high school, but I am starting to seriously get concerned about that.

(6) When things are really out of order in my house, I freak out. I mean really freak out, like I want to cry freak out. I usually bark at everyone for a half hour until it is in a reasonable amount of order.

Since I don't like to post without a picture. Here are some of our sweet boys.